信念伦理学:论争的起源

The Ethics of Belief: Origins of the Debate

信念伦理学的基本主张是:我们对自己相信什么,即对自己的信念负有某种道德责任。信念伦理学论争于是围绕这种主张的可信、可能和可行等而展开。信念伦理学的"克利夫特/詹姆斯之争"是信念伦理学论争的最初起源。因此,探讨这次论争的具体情况,对于信念伦理学研究而言具有重要意义。

The basic idea of the ethics of belief is that we are responsible for our own beliefs, that is, we have a moral duty to our own beliefs. Although there are so many debates on the plausibility, the possibility and the applicability of such claims, the origins of the debates is the Clifford/James Debate. Thus, it is of great importance for the study of the ethics of belief to discuss the debate in detail.